As HBK writhed in pain, you could almost imagine WWE Hall of Fame announcer Gordon Solie calling the series of throws in classic French pronunciation (“su-play”) before extolling the danger of Satan’s Prison. At No Way Out 2008, Montel Vontavious Porter found out firsthand what it’s like to stare death in the face. 31 Days of Halloween Another one reads, "Here’s Mike.

"Only on Halloween," Tony remarks. At Elimination Chamber 2012, The Dreadlocked Dynamo unleashed a move so vicious that it made even most stubborn naysayers eat their words. For various reasons, including One Man Gang suddenly up and leaving WCW before the show, the card was completely shifted around until we got the lineup we actually got. A match consisting of four WWE Hall of Famers and likely three future members can’t be that bad…can it? Halloween Havoc 1991 actually had some solid bouts on the card — Dustin Rhodes pre-Goldust took on a Steve Austin that was "Stunning" before he was "Stone Cold" for the Television Title in a great match, and Lex Luger and Ron Simmons had a solid main event in a 2 out of 3 falls match for the World Title. Books

Thankfully, especially in the early ’90s, a lot of the horrible stuff is so bad it’s fun to watch, and the Chamber of Horrors is definitely that. © 2011 - 2020 AIPT, LLC. Michaels’ landing place was the uncompromising steel floor next to the ring apron. Poor Chris Jericho. TV Reviews. John Pollock and Wai Ting review WCW Halloween Havoc 1991 featuring a classic Chamber of Horrors match and Ron Simmons challenging Lex Luger for the WCW World Championship.. Also in this Jim Herd-era PPV: … These 10 hand-selected moments, though, represent only a fraction of the toil Superstars have endured inside the Elimination Chamber. One of the most heinous moves in all of WWE, the draping DDT has become a cornerstone of Randy Orton’s arsenal. One spear later and Edge embarked on his fourth reign with the World Heavyweight Title. The WWE Universe has witnessed the Cenation leader deliver Attitude Adjustments off the roof of a car, off an excavator and off an ambulance, but it was without the benefit of a really high platform that Cena executed one of his most painful-looking Attitude Adjustments of all time. Confined by the Chamber’s caged dome roof, MVP soon realized there was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide as The Undertaker, perched upon the top turnbuckle, grabbed The Franchise Playa by the neck and hurled him to the canvas. With the Elimination Chamber Match slated to return this Sunday, Feb. 17, who’s to say what horror awaits the six Superstars when they enter Satan’s Prison? After a stunning back-and-forth — which saw Edge boot Mysterio off the top turnbuckle and Rey hit a reverse 619 (which Jerry “The King” Lawler called a “916”) — Mysterio charged at Edge while both Superstars were on the steel floor. Abdullah the Butcher gets electrocuted in one of the strangest matches in pro wrestling history. One of the most fascinating finales in Elimination Chamber Match history occurred between Edge and Rey Mysterio at No Way Out 2009. Six men enter the Elimination Chamber Match for the right to compete for the World Heavyweight Championship at WrestleMania XXIV. They are all completely overshadowed, however, by the Chamber of Horrors. Apply to write for AIPT today! Then we want you on our team.

The "R"s are both backwards because apparently this is Winnie the Pooh’s self-scribed epitaph. Movie Reviews Watch as gravity yanks Van Dam down to earth, with RVD’s left knee slamming across Triple H’s exposed throat. The chainsaw is never referenced or seen again. John Cena defends the WWE Championship inside an Elimination Chamber Match against five of WWE's top Superstars. Edge gives Rey Mysterio a lift and sends the "Master of the 619" flying straight into a pod during an Elimination Chamber Match at No Way Out 2009. There were twelve Halloween Havoc events from WCW’s inception in late 1988 to its closure in early 2001. It didn’t take Kane more than a minute in the bout to send The Ayatollah of Rock ‘n’ Rolla cruising through a Plexiglas pod. DC Preview: The Green Lantern Season Two #8. 'Hide and Seek' (2005) review: How well does it hold up? The matchup was so haphazardly thrown together and impossible to follow that at one point Jim Ross actually apologizes to the fans watching at home. All rights reserved. 1991 WCW … But absolutely no one finds it a welcoming battleground. Books

For the simple fact that the splash crushed Triple H’s larynx. Unfortunately for Chris Jericho, instead of a hammer, The Devil’s Favorite Demon chose to use Y2J as his projectile during the inaugural Elimination Chamber Match. More than that, he pushed the pace, prompting MVP to scamper up the turnbuckles and seek shelter high above the ring, atop a pod. Then the steel cage was littered with cheap Halloween decorations. When the Emperor of China issues a decree that one man per family must serve in the... "Miss World 1970: The launch of a revolution", "If it chooses you, nothing can save you. Skepticism, 31 Days of Halloween Children's Books, 31 Days of Halloween These statements are not without foundation. This show is available for all POST Wrestling Café patrons – click here to download OR check your podcast app if you have subscribed to the RSS feed provided to all members. Hate-watching WCW Halloween Havoc 1991's Chamber of Horrors match: One of the best-worst matches of all time, [Nightstream] 'Frank & Zed' review: All puppet horror movie is a sight for sore eyes, The Spooky world of Fazbear Frights: Into the Pit, ‘Tracking the Chupacabra: The Vampire Beast in Fact, Fiction and Folklore’ – book review. Funnily enough, the eight man match was absolutely stacked. He lost it on his bike.". "Chamber of Horrors" Not Yet Rated 2 hr 48 min Oct 27th, 1991 Action Halloween Havoc 1991 took place on October 27, 1991 from the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

DiBiase fought mightily, grabbing hold of the top rope and trying to wiggle free, but it was all for naught. Wrestlers just randomly scale the cage seemingly with no actual plan in mind, there’s a lot of just standing around, and nearly everything that happens seems to do so for no reason. Let’s get this straight, right off the bat: Competing in the Elimination Chamber Match is not a pleasurable experience. First was the ref with a camera on his helmet. Halloween Havoc 1991 took place on October 27, 1991 from the UTC Arena in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In a brilliant display of quick thinking and ruthlessness, however, The Ultimate Opportunist launched Mysterio overhead and into a pod. Do you like to write about wrestling? Team 2 consisted of Sting, the Steiner Brothers, and El Gigante (best known as Giant Gonzalez in WWF). With Dolph Ziggler standing on the Chamber’s steel floor, the acrobatic Kingston springboarded from the top rope to the cage wall, and from there, he spun into a Tornado DDT on The Showoff. Spiking Ziggler head-first onto the steel, The Boom Squad General proved it’s possible for a move to be both aesthetically amazing and physically punishing. Later, a group of men wearing all white (including white face paint) dubbed "the ghouls" by Tony Schiavone come to the ringside area with a stretcher and just…kneel there. WWF certainly wasn’t doing anything creative with their stages in ’91.

31 Days of Halloween Hate-watching WCW Halloween Havoc 1991’s Chamber of Horrors match: One of the best-worst matches of all time. #5 The Chamber of Horrors. ( WATCH | WATCH FINLAY TALK ABOUT THE CHAMBER). Well, for starters, the match was originally supposed to be El Gigante, Sting and the Steiners vs. Oz (Kevin Nash), the Diamond Studd, One Man Gang and Barry Windham.

This was certainly a match of horrors, but not for the reason that was billed. Sheamus found that out the hard way at Elimination Chamber 2011. Right from the get-go, WCW gets you in the Halloween spirit with an entrance ramp decorated with the clearance rack of Party City. Kurt Angle started his Elimination Chamber appearance at New Year’s Revolution 2006 with bad intentions, delivering six German suplexes — two each — to John Cena, Shawn Michaels and Carlito in rapid-fire succession. He can’t figure out how to turn it on so he just puts it down.

The main event was a two out of three falls match, in which Lex Luger defended the WCW World Heavyweight Championship against Ron Simmons.Luger defeated Simmons to retain the title. If there is one common trait that bonds all great Elimination Chamber performers, it is the ability to adapt. The force of Cena’s Attitude Adjustment was such that DiBiase’s body rotated more than usual, causing his tailbone to snap against the steel upon landing. On one side was Cactus Jack, Vader, Abdullah the Butcher, and the Diamond Studd (aka Razor Ramon/Scott Hall). The entrance ramp is filled with them, but half of them don’t even make sense — seriously, one of the most prominent gravestones reads "Bear: He waz full of hot air." Though RVD amplified the maneuver by opting to leap off the pod instead of the top rope, it’s not like he ran The Game through glass and steel en route to performing it, so why even include it on this list? For all its hazards, the devious structure also offers Superstars new and exciting options for inflicting pain on their competition, and it was perhaps with that in mind that John Cena hoisted Ted DiBiase from the onto the steel floor with an  Attitude Adjustment in 2010. “Hell in a Cell is brutal because of what the guys who are in it do to each other,” Triple H told WWE Magazine. Do you have strong opinions on AEW, WWE, NJPW, Impact, ROH, and the independent scene? Rather than simply DDT’ing The Celtic Warrior on the mat, The Viper — inspired by the insidious design of the Chamber — chose to reverse his traditional technique and drive Sheamus’ spiky-haired head straight onto the steel floor. Television